Roanoke police were involved in
two shootings over the weekend in
different parts of the city.
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One of those shootings ended with
fatal results.
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VO-NAT JEAN READS

ANCHOR=JEAN The first shooting came late

Friday night at 2-3 4-6 King Street.
That's on Roanoke's northeast side near
Gus Nicks Boulevard.

30- year-old Geoffrey Aaron
Stephenson died about three hours
later.

Then early Sunday morning,
another officer opened fire, this time
at a home in the 17-hundred block of
Carroll Avenue, a few blocks from
Orange Avenue on the northwest side.
Police say they were fired on first.
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Authorities originally responded
to this house around two A-M after a
9-1-1 call came in reporting a man
inside the home with a gun. When
police arrived they went upstairs to
find the suspect- that's when they say
he fired at Officer J-A Crotts - Crotts
fired back.

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Crotts, seen here - may best be
remembered for stopping a man from
jumping off Memorial Bridge last June.
Now he and two others, officer D-J
Blackford and and L-K Bowman are on
administrative leave.

NATS OF MOTHER AND SON TALKING

In the meantime, neighbors are
still trying to make sense of Sunday's
shooting - they just hope some good
will come out the situation that seems
so bad.

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SOT FULL 00:19:59 "MY HOPE IS I'M PRAYING.
INQ= I BELIEVE IN PRAYER, PRAYER CAN TURN

into a weekend fire which took the life
of one man and sent a woman to the

hospital.
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*CG locator Roanoke
Yesterday Fire officials aren't releasing
names, but according to family members
- Marcus Harper was killed in the fire
which broke out in the 600-block of
Centre Avenue early yesterday morning.

Harper's girlfriend, Rochelle
Preston was also injured in the fire.

Preston is reportedly pregnant.

She's in critical condition at
the UVA Medical Center.

Investigators say the fire
started in an outbuilding where a
mattress was located.
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Kidd's Restoration and staff
members have worked day and night for
the past nine days to clean up.

The company says the fire was
ignited by an older heating unit in one
of the classrooms.
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*CG 2line Aimee Hamm
Childcare Network Director 1:46:34-48

AIMEE HAMM/CHILDCARE NETWORK DIRECTOR

WE'VE MADE SURE THE MANUFACTURE
LIFETIME WARRANTY ON THE UNIT HAVE NOT
EXPIRED WHICH THE ONE THAT CAUGHT ON
FIRE HAD NOT EXPIRED BUT IT WAS DUE
THIS YEAR. SO WE'RE GOING TO OBVIOUSLY
REPLACE THE ONE THAT BURNED AND THEN
REPLACE ONE OTHER ONE THAT IS THE SAME
AGE.
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The children will use another

classroom until the damage is cleaned
up in the weeks ahead.

The daycare has already started
replacing the toys and furniture that
were lost in the fire.

The total cost of clean-up, loss
of income and new supplies tops
100-thousand dollars.
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New River Valley Reporter Holly
Pietrzak visited a mosque and spoke
with several Muslims about living in
America.

Holly?
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*CG live Holly Pietrzak
hollyp@wdbj7.com J/K, Muslims we spoke to say the
Blacksburg ongoing War on Terror frequently casts
a continuing cloud of suspicion on
anyone of their faith, including many
trying to live the American dream.
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05:37:36 HUNDREDS OF MUSLIMS LIVE RIGHT
HERE IN THE NEW RIVER VALLEY AND MANY
OF THEM WORSHIP AT THIS MOSQUE IN
BLACKSBURG. IT'S ONE OF TWO IN THE
TOWN.:44

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47:52 praying/singing 48:08

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OQ= They include Hesham Rakha. He's

an engineering professor at Virginia
Tech, but he spends a lot of time
teaching something else OUTSIDE of
class.

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HESHAM RAKHA, MUSLIM

59:47 BASICALLY YOU'RE TRYING TO
EDUCATE AND TEACH THEM THAT OK I'M ONE
OF THOSE PEOPLE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT
AS A POSSIBLE TERRORIST AND I'M LIVING
A NORMAL LIFE JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE.
:57 PEOPLE HAVE ASPIRATIONS JUST LIKE
ANYONE ELSE.:59
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OQ=anyone else

Aspirations that have led Faycel and
Autumn Beji to pursue their American
dream with three business partnerships
in the New River Valley.

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FAYCEL BEJI, MUSLIM

11:51 BUSINESS WISE I DON'T THINK
PEOPLE CARE AS LONG AS WE GIVE THEM THE

BEST SERVICE WE CAN THEY'RE HAPPY.:57
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OQ=they're happy

But as they run their business and
their lives, they face the lingering
effects of 9-11. Autumn grew up
Christian, then converted to Islam four
years ago, so she's seen things from
both sides.

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AUTUMN BEJI, MUSLIM

23:03 I HAD AN ENCOUNTER IN THE KROGER
PARKING LOT. IT WAS A FIGHT OVER A
PARKING SPOT AND WHEN THE GIRL GOT OUT
OF HER CAR SHE SAID TERRORIST UNDER HER
BREATH.:11
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a step closer to being regulated by the
state. Some people fear what that'll
mean for their bills.
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VO-NAT

*CG file File Tape

Since deregulation failed to
produce competition in Virginia,
lawmakers are now working to re-
regulate the electricity industry.

House and Senate committees
advanced the complicated legislation
today.

Supporters say the bill includes
consumer protections and will not cause
utility bills to spike....

But critics fear too much
authority is being taken away from the
State Corporation Commission.
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INQ=I think we got a bill

*CG 2line Del. Clarke Hogan
(R) South Boston

:00

*CG 2line Michael Town
Sierra Club Virginia Director 2:35:58 DEL. CLARKE HOGAN/(R) SOUTH
:12 BOSTON: I THINK WE GOT A BILL HERE
THAT WILL PROTECT THE CONSUMER FROM
VERY VERY HIGH RATES AS THEY'VE SEEN IN

MARYLAND AND OTHER STATES AND WILL
MAINTAIN VIRGINIA AS A LOW COST ENERGY
STATE FOR THE NEXT 20- YEARS. 11

2:50:05 MICHAEL TOWN/SIERRA CLUB
VIRGINIA DIRECTOR: WE DON'T HAVE TO DO
THIS THIS YEAR. THEY'RE RUSHING TO
JUDGMENT, THEY'RE MAKING A BAD DECISION
AND WE'RE VERY CONCERNED OF WHAT THAT
IMPACT IS GOING TO BE ON VIRGINIANS. 08
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OQ=impact is going to be on Virginians.

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Town believes Virginia should try
to become more energy efficient-
instead of finding ways to generate
more power.
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*CG locator Charlottesville
This Season The Cavs are ranked 24th in the
:00 Associated Press poll and 19th in the
coaches' rankings.

Virginia is currently tied with
North Carolina atop the conference
standings and the Cavs have two very
winnable games this week - Wednesday
night at Miami and then back home on
Saturday at John Paul Jones arena
against Georgia Tech.
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MIKE ON CAMERA
MIKE ON CAMERA
GRAPHIC=TECH Because of their loss yesterday

OQ=...and myself." << Khadijah is the leading scorer
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that is so balanced and so unslefish
that no one scores more than 10 points
a game.

The difference is that Whittinton

also manages to grab at least 10
rebounds a game.

Nine different times this year,
she has posted a rare double-double -
at least 10 points and 10 boards a
game.

KHADIJAH

KAY YOW

Against the Hokies - she dropped
in 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in
front of a large group of red and white
clad family members and friends from
the Star City. Then at game's end she
found herself getting interviewed on
the ACC television network by none
other than Charlene Curtis - a Roanoke
native and Fleming grad herself.

KHADIJAH

Khadijah left Fleming before her
senior season and finished at Woodrow
Wilson high in Portsmouth. But she
still considers the Star City home.

KHADIJAH

Khadijah's move to Portsmouth
confused many, but she did it to be
close to her dad - who had just been
diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease.
Khadijah's says his situation and

watching her head coach battle breast
cancer for the second time in her life
this season - have made her a different
person.

Norv Turner to replace Marty
Schottenheimer as the team's new head
coach.
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VO-NAT

*CG locator Ashburn
2000 Most remember Turner as the
Redskins head coach from 1994 and 2000.
During that time in Washington, his
teams won 49 games and lost 59 and made
the playoffs just once. Most of his
career he has been labeled as one of
those guys who is a great assistant,
but not a great head coach. He was 9
and 23 with the Raiders before he fired
in Oakland.
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